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Believe it or not, there’s even an app for the Blue Challenge put out by my friends at the Music Sparks blog! Laura and Joann challenged us to post about something blue and I have the perfect app that uses many lovely shades of blue.

Description: Bloom allows you to create beautiful melodies by just tapping the screen. When you tap the screen, you not only create music, but create colorful circle art on the screen. Bloom gives you the option to create your own melody or listen/watch it play by itself. See the sample video below to experience auto play. Choose from 12 different moods and 3 different timbres.

Music Therapy Goals: Relaxation, relaxation, relaxation! I have used this app with patients in the hospital as a means of choice and control during relaxation and as a ‘cool down’ at the end of sessions with my special needs clients.

Hey Bonnie- Do you ever use the app LaDiDa?
I have an Ipod- now thinking about the Ipad for the screen size.

That app allows anyone to sound like a good singer. All they have to do is sing- make up words- talk etc. while recording, then it plays back with contemporary music accomp. I guess it is similar to garage band but one of my MT students tried it on my Ipod and thought it was actually better. Also- although not musical- I’ve used the SkyView app to clients look at stars while singing songs like “When You Wish Upon A Star” etc. -m

I also like mScribble
It is similar to bloom but you can pick any style of music/ fast or slow and then write with your finger on the screen. You make colorful scribbly lines and melodies that fit the type of music!
-m

Hey M! Thank you for your comments re: LaDiDa and mScribble. :) I actually own LaDiDa and highly recommend it for music therapists. It functions much like Songify except it offers popular songs as tracks instead of “garage band” type tracks. I just read the reviews for mScribble and it looks like a fantastic music/drawing app. Maybe this app will be my next blogpost?! ;-)

I’m so glad Kristin! I LOVE my iPad. It is one of the best investments I have ever made (next to my Macbook Pro, that is!). I hope it will be the same for YOU! Stay tuned for more app recommendations tomorrow! =)